“telemarketing technique in which telephone calls are used
to canvass vast numbers of potential voters, feeding them false and damaging
"information" about a candidate under the guise of taking a poll to
see how this "information" effects voter preferences. In fact, the
intent is to "push" the voters away from one candidate and toward the
opposing candidate.” (National Council of Public Polls, http://www.ncpp.org/push.htm).